The North Wales Amateur Radio group held its annual summer BBQ and raffle at our clubs HQ in Mochdre on the 9th of August 2022! The weather was fantastic, the food was delicious and the company was sublime as ever. The BBQ was a huge success but without the hard work of some of our…
Author: 2W0NKS
How many NWARG members does it take to erect a 9×9 tent!
NWARG now has it’s very own ex Army 9×9 tent. These tents were extensively used in the British Army as command post tents and for attaching to Army Landrovers. The tent is designed to be erected quickly and easily by no more than 2 soldiers and was often erected single handed. However, how many NWARG…
Fox Hunting with WARS
A huge thanks to Dave, Kieran and the lads from Wirral amateur radio society for coming down to demo some fox hunting antennas and fox hunt transmitters and for planting the fox box for our members to find was great fun seeing everyone looking and well done to Nigel for finding it , also to…
Special Event Station GB1QJ celebration the Queens platinum jubilee
On Saturday the 4th of May 2022 the North Wales Amateur Radio Group held a special event station on the Colwyn Bay promenade adjacent to the new pier and on Moel Famau which is is the highest hill in the Clwydian Range to celebrate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II platinum jubilee. The special event station…
Club night 31 May 2022
Although it was a relatively quiet night at the club tonight there were plenty of activities going on including Peter GW4UWD demonstrating his Elecraft CW setup and Martin 2W0NKS putting on a show of his model dioramas and Subaru RC car.. As always everybody enjoyed some good chatter, coffee and wagon wheels!
Congratulations Mr & Mrs Harper
Our member Pat Harper 2W0HUU tied the knot with his lovely wife Deborah on the 20th of May 2022 at the Kinmel Manor Hotel in Abergele. The ceremony was witnessed by NWARG members Martin Moyse 2W0NKS, Tony Mottram MW6TMQ, Caz Mottram, Sandra Pierce MW6ACZ, and Ted Pierce MW6ADF. In the evening more NWARG members, Zena…
NWARG Special Event Station – Mills on the air, Parrys Mountain, Anglesey
On the 15th of May 2022 NWARG held another successful special event station to celebrate “mills on the air”. To find out more about the windmill click HERE We used the callsigns GB0PM & GB1PM for the event, you can visit the event station QRZ page HERE. Video (to follow soon) by Tony Mottram MW6TMQ
17th May 2022 at the club
Another great night at the club HQ. There were lots of activities going on including soldering ,CW & HF radios in use. Of course the coffee and tea was flowing well as always!
WARS talk on ATV
On the 3rd of May 2022 Dave Rimmer and members of the Wirral Amateur Radio Society gave an excellent talk and demonstration on Amateur TV (ATV). Amateur radio encompasses a wide variety of modes and innovation. One of these fascinating areas is amateur television which covers all aspects of video production, editing, transmission and reception…
NWARG AGM 2022
On Tuesday the 26th of April 2022 NWARG held our AGM which was well attended by our members. The previous committee was voted back on with the addition of 3 new members to the committee… The committee members are: Chairman: Martin P Moyse 2W0NKS, Vice Chairman: Tony Mottram MW6TMQ, Secretary: Sandra Holmes MW6ACZ, Treasurer: Peter…